Deployment

ABB IRB 6700 at United States

Name: ABB IRB 6700 at United States
Start: 2017-01-01T00:00:00.000Z
Location: United States

Next-generation large industrial robot family with payloads from 150 to 300 kg and reaches from 2.6 to 3.2 meters for material handling and spot welding.

ABB IRB 6700 by ABB Robotics · Operated by ABB Robotics · Catalog entry · 2 sources · not yet field-verified · Industrial Robots

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Markdown mirror: /deployments/abb-irb-6700-bmw-spartanburg.md
JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
REST API: /v1/robots/78a1192b-0d2f-4e81-ac01-34fdbdfa9ce9
Data documentation: /data
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ABB IRB 6700 robots are used at BMW Group Plant Spartanburg in body shop and assembly operations, consistent with the model's intended role as an automotive body-shop robot.

Key facts

Fleet: ABB IRB 6700 robots
Operator: BMW Group
Use Case: Body shop and assembly operations

Safety record

No incidents on record for ABB IRB 6700 at United States.

Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.

Trust tier: Catalog entry · 2 sources · not yet field-verifiedhow tiers work →
Last updated: 2026-07-10
Model: ABB IRB 6700
Company: ABB Robotics
Location: United States
Operator: ABB Robotics
Status: operational
Operator type: customer deployed
First seen: 2017-01-01
ID: 78a1192b-0d2f-4e81-ac01-34fdbdfa9ce9

Timeline

Jan 2017
First recorded
ABB IRB 6700 first documented operating at United States.
Jul 2026
Current status: operational, reviewed
Latest recorded state. New status transitions append here as the deployment-status recorder produces them.

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Sources (2)

ABB IRB 6700 product page: automotive body-shop robot · https://new.abb.com/products/robotics/industrial-robots/irb-6700
BMW Group Plant Spartanburg: ABB robotics in body shop and assembly · https://press.bmwgroup.com/usa/article/detail/T0310862EN_US/bmw-group-plant-spartanburg-uses-abb-robotics

Methodology: Verified · 2 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-10

Verification posture

Verified

Low confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-07-10

Maturity + lifecycle

Maturity stage: commercial

Lifecycle: active

Architectural position

Cohort: industrial_robot

Sources by quality tier

2: unclassified; Unclassified source

The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.

Common questions

What is the ABB IRB 6700 deployment at United States?

ABB IRB 6700, built by ABB Robotics, is recorded as a deployment at United States on the DEPLOY registry. ABB Robotics operates the deployment directly.

Who operates ABB IRB 6700 at United States?

ABB Robotics, the manufacturer of ABB IRB 6700, operates this deployment directly. This is a maker-deploys-its-own-product arrangement rather than a customer pilot.

When did the ABB IRB 6700 deployment at United States go live?

The deployment is recorded as starting January 1, 2017 on the DEPLOY registry. Earlier activity may exist but is not yet sourced.

Have there been incidents at the ABB IRB 6700 deployment at United States?

No active incidents affecting this deployment are recorded on the DEPLOY registry. Absence of recorded incidents is not a guarantee no incident occurred; DEPLOY records only sourced incidents and suppresses retracted ones.

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